The transportation stage of the banana production chain has influence on banana quality and other lifecycle parameters. Certain factors, such as chilling injury (CI), have detrimental effects on bananas, leading to increased losses. The commonly used monitoring and evaluation methods, such as...

Fleshy fruit undergoes a complex ripening process accompanied with changes in aroma, color, flavor, and texture, which is regulated by hormonal, genetic, and environmental factors. However, the transcriptional cascade mechanism underlying fruit ripening regulation remains obscure. Here, we...

Changes in cellular lipid homeostasis during ripening of 'Fenjiao' bananas (Musa ABB Pisang Awak) significantly affected its storage tolerance, and an in-depth understanding of the changes in cellular lipids during fruit ripening could provide more information and basic data for post-harvest...

Breeding programs for disease resistant bananas in Sub-Saharan Africa generated resistant bananas, which did not meet fruit quality characteristics preferred by consumers. The present study aimed to establish chemotypes underlying preferred cooking bananas of Matooke, Mchare and plantain and less...

This study was aimed to confirms the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) infection of ten banana accessions from Indonesia through PCR assay using primer of BBTV coat protein (CP) gene, also the sequences characteristics and phylogeny. Preliminary morphological results showed five acessions were...

There is a growing demand for molecules of natural origin for biocontrol and biostimulation, given the current trend away from synthetic chemical products. Leachates extracted from plantain stems were obtained after biodegradation of the plant material. To characterize the leachate, quantitative...

The community service took place for the Women Farming Group (WFG) of Banda Langik in the Sungai Bangek, Balai Gadang, Koto Tangah District, Padang City, from July to November 2022. It was held in demonstration plots (dump lots) of Liquid Organic fertilizers (LOF) with coconut coir, and banana...

Banana is a very perishable climacteric fruit with consequence of large postharvest losses. The objective of the present study was to improve the postharvest shelf life of bananas. Fruits from the Melong locality were treated with coating solutions formulated with a mixture of Aloe vera, starch,...

The geostatistics technique is widely used to identify the variability of soil attributes, although being expensive due to the large number of samples that it requires. In this sense, magnetic susceptibility has been an alternative to assess landscape variation, a fact that can assist in sampling...

Plantain is commonly grown in gardens and small farms where productivity usually declines over time due to soil nutrient depletion. This soil fertility problem could be overcome if the nutrients removed from harvests are replaced with available fertilizers. This study assessed growth, yield, and...